. The Earth beneath the sea : History . lliije Fig. 5. Electron micrograph of halloysite tubes I'roni the core Capricorn BG 9, 19° Ol'S, 177° 46'E. (By courtesy of Shell Development Corporation, Houston, Texas.) 1958) found a rather uniform rate of build-up of the sea floor in the South Pacific of mni'/lO^ years, whereas values of the rate of sedimentation in the North Pacific vary between and 10 mm/lO^ years with an overall average around 1-2 mm/lO^ years. These rates of accumulation are for the non-calcareous components of the deposits. Detrital quartz attains values of 25% by weight
. The Earth beneath the sea : History . lliije Fig. 5. Electron micrograph of halloysite tubes I'roni the core Capricorn BG 9, 19° Ol'S, 177° 46'E. (By courtesy of Shell Development Corporation, Houston, Texas.) 1958) found a rather uniform rate of build-up of the sea floor in the South Pacific of mni'/lO^ years, whereas values of the rate of sedimentation in the North Pacific vary between and 10 mm/lO^ years with an overall average around 1-2 mm/lO^ years. These rates of accumulation are for the non-calcareous components of the deposits. Detrital quartz attains values of 25% by weight in sediments from the mid- ocean North Pacific and falls off" in concentration toward polar and equatorial
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